Gary Gregory; proprietor of the Printing Office of Edes & Gill, will talk about the role of the printing press in the American Revolution. Printed pamphlets, broadsides, and newspapers energized the revolution, and it was the printing press that produced the Declaration of Independence. Gary will use his replica of an English Common Press, a...
Join Bethany Groff Dorau for a fascinating journey through history as we explore the Sawyer Hill Burying Ground. Discover the stories of the men and women who played a vital role in the Revolutionary War. Sawyer Hill Burying Ground has been the final resting place for many of the Newburys’ dearly departed since 1695. The three-acre cemetery’s oldest...
Actually –– nearly every colonial house in Marblehead (those built before 1775), was the home of a Revolutionary War serviceman. About 300 houses in Marblehead survive from before 1775, when the town was the sixth most populous metropolis in British North America. ( In the mid-1700s, it was Massachusetts’ second most populous town. Salem was...
Actually –– nearly every colonial house in Marblehead (those built before 1775), was the home of a Revolutionary War serviceman. About 300 houses in Marblehead survive from before 1775, when the town was the sixth most populous metropolis in British North America. ( In the mid-1700s, it was Massachusetts’ second most populous town. Salem was...
PARTNER EVENT Come experience a rousing revolutionary sermon at the Rocky Hill Meeting House. In partnership with Essex Heritage, we welcome Donald Friary in living history as the Rev. Oliver Noble to the pulpit. He will deliver a discourse first given in Newburyport on March 8, 1775 “in commemoration of the Massacre at Boston, March the...
Actually –– nearly every colonial house in Marblehead (those built before 1775), was the home of a Revolutionary War serviceman. About 300 houses in Marblehead survive from before 1775, when the town was the sixth most populous metropolis in British North America. ( In the mid-1700s, it was Massachusetts’ second most populous town. Salem was...
Actually –– nearly every colonial house in Marblehead (those built before 1775), was the home of a Revolutionary War serviceman. About 300 houses in Marblehead survive from before 1775, when the town was the sixth most populous metropolis in British North America. ( In the mid-1700s, it was Massachusetts’ second most populous town. Salem was...
A walking tour along Marblehead’s earliest harbor (1629 to c.1700) at the northeast tip of the mainland peninsula, where Native Americans summered for hundreds of years. Stunning views of the coves and islands. Early history, social history, fishing history — and architecture & aeroplanes. About a half mile one way / 15 min. back on...
Are you fascinated by Beverly’s Revolutionary-era maritime history? Then this walking tour is for you! Join us as we explore historic Beverly, visiting the homes and former businesses of some of the city’s most famous privateers. Enjoy beautiful waterfront views as our knowledgeable guide brings the 18th century to life, describing how these locations looked...
We will begin at the North Andover Historical Society’s headquarters with a guided tour of our newest revolutionary exhibit, The Aspirations of Ordinary People. We will then tour the original center of the Andovers, hearing tales of the revolution as we visit the two original cemeteries and see the graves and living spaces of our...
Join Judy Anderson for a walking tour of Fort Sewall. Marblehead’s Fort Sewall was enlarged to its current footprint in 1775, as the Revolutionary War’s eight long years began –– though it wasn’t called Fort Sewall (after Samuel Sewall of Marblehead) until about 1800. Established in 1644, Marblehead’s defensive fort was renovated six different times,...
Rare opportunity ! A guided tour through the home of one of Marblehead’s few Loyalists, Robert “King” Hooper (1709 – 1790), explaining his Loyalist stance, and the tragedies of his long life and wealth. It will also focus on his extensive family: 4 wives (in sequence), 11 children (all by one wife ~ his second,...
